Bonus Army Quits Effort To Remain In Eastern Camps
The Bonus Army began departing from eastern camps as Aldled led silent marches of families toward home. In Johnstown Pennsylvania crowds filled streets while workers arranged trains funded by Bethlehem Steel to carry veterans back to cities like Chicago and Springfield. Leaders planned tentative moves, with Doak A. Carter awaiting word on further action as exodus continued.
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Johnstown
Springfield
Chicago
Sangamon
Doak A. Carter
Brothers Held as Slayers of Hawkins County Couple
In Rogersville Tennessee two brothers Lee Guy and Robert Guy 80 and 26 were jailed without bond for the murder of Mr and Mrs Cook a Midway area couple found shot to death by apple pickers at their farm home. The Cooks aged 60 and 55 were killed with a fiber revolver and lay by the living room fireplace. Local inquiry notes a past debt dispute and threats after Guy was beaten in a prior incident.
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Rogersville
Tenn
Robert Cook
Lee Guy
Robert Guy
Midway
Here
Cook
Roy A. Doty
Barton
Guy
Kingsport
Robert Guy Ed
Brother
Siege of Dixie Bee Coal Mine Lifted in Indiana
Terre Haute Ind Aug 4 AP The siege of the Dixie Bee Coal Mine ended as 620 National Guardsmen moved in freeing 65 besieged miners After days of sniper fire four wounded miners were taken to Terre Haute Hospital One picket was killed and four injured in the fighting The guardsmen removed the injured and planned to seal the mine fearing further attacks from riflemen encamped nearby plane arrivals were cited as aiding the relief efforts Continued on page three.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Dixie Bee
Indiana
National
Picketa
Tron
National Guard
Pickity
Harry JG. Leslie
Joe Dreher
Recluse Confesses Murder Of 17 Year Old Evelyn Sanford
Francis Nash, a reclusive man, confessed to strangling Evelyn Sanford, 17, whose body was found buried in a Freesoil cellar. He described meeting her on a swamp edge, slapping her after she repulsed him, and killing her with rope. He was jailed for life in solitary confinement.
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Ludington
Mich
Francis Nash
Evelyn Sanford
Telltale
Fae
Traverse City
Manistee
Evelyn
Freesoil
Nash
Sheri George K. Colyer
P. R. von Sprecken
Roosevelt outlines public utilities regulation principles
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt set forth broad, early campaign principles for regulating the nation’s public utility industry. He urged full publicity of earnings and capitalization for all publicly traded utilities and holding companies, with focus on transitions of barter that affect the public interest, while distinguishing financially sound firms from top‑heavy capitalized ones.
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Albany
Franklin TD
Roosevelt
Walker Ouster
New York State
Countries talk of peace ready for war in Chaco conflict
A.P. dispatches report Bolivia and Paraguay accepting international peace proposals while planning for war. A Bolivian commander claims 11,900 troops will begin moving into the Chaco soon, with 6,000 already positioned. The scene shifts to La Paz where officials assert the war continues.
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Associated Press
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
Peri¢o
Argentina
la Paz
Anid
Aviatrix testifies in trial over murder of Lancaster
Jessie M. Keith Miller testified she proposed death by own action via Clarke just before Lancaster was fatally shot in Miami. She contradicted prior statements claiming they discussed mutual death plans previously. Fielding questions showed Clarke spoke of marriage with her former fiancé as tensions rose, delaying her wedding until a divorce decree. The court drew a large crowd seeking detail on the affair.
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Miami
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Ha Clarke
Fey
Clarke
Shero
Lancaster
Jame M. Carson
St. Louis
Kingport Early Vote Light as Races Draw Interest
In Kingport primaries and the general election the forenoon turnout was light with rising interest by 4 p.m. in the east ward. Ward tallies show Democratic totals of 242, 88 and 45 in East, West, and South for 375 early votes. Republicans 288, 69 and 40 for 397. general election sums 171 East, 144 West, 76 South totaling 391. Observers predicted a record late vote in the east ward.
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Anears Doudlers
Alth
East Ward
West Ward
South Ward
Q. B. Lovette
B. Carroll Reece
Democratic
Democratic Executive
Hoteria
Break Between Hitler and Von Papen Regime Signals Turmoil
Berlin reports a serious rift between Chancellor Von Papen and Adolf Hitler as recent German visits spark discord. Nazi plans abroad expand with new parties in Norway Sweden Denmark and Holland while talk of an emergency decree to curb rioting swirls, drawing pushback from Nazi factions.
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Berlin
von Papen
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Boersen- Zeitung
William Kube
Nerr Kube
Ver ‘Papen
Baron von Gayl
Franz Bracht
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Tolland
Flannery Dies At Washington. FTC Official Was 64
M Maskham Flannery longtime director of trade practice conferences for the Federal Trade Commission and a native of East Nashville Tennessee died at his Washington home after several weeks illness. He was 64.
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Vw. M. Flannery
Washington
M. Maskham Flannery
Federal Trade Commission
East Nashvile
Tenn
Times to Announce Returns from Election Thursday
The Kingsport Times announces election results by loudspeaker from Market Street offices starting at 5:60 pm, continuing until decisive results are tabulated likely between 1:00 and 2:00 am. Returns will be posted on bulletin boards, with AP leased wire for gubernatorial races and county coverage by long distance telephone and messengers. Access to offices will be restricted to staff. an extra edition will be published Friday morning.
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Kingsport Times
Market Street
Auto Electric Company
The
Times
Associated Press
Sullivan
Hawkins
Blountville
Rogersville
Inter-Mountain’ Telephone Company
the Times
Roosevelt scans New York City probe on Walker credibility
Albany August 4 An extensive filing by Samuel Seabury portrayed Mayor James J. Walker as evasive and unworthy of belief. Governor Franklin D Roosevelt faced a decision on Walker soon, with possible hearings or removal based on 20 000 words alleging hidden transactions, unproduced financial records, and doctor fee arrangements involving Walker and kin.
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Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Jimmy
Walker
Samuel Seabury
Legislative Committee
Seabury
Roosevelt
Russell T. Sherwood
William H. Walker
Four Convicts Die In Prison Break At Tucker Prison Farm
Four convicts died and three were wounded during a prison camp escape at Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas. Names include Lou Smith J D Brown and Hee shel Chaney. Wounded were Everett Wackerly and Jones. A gun battle with a 25 member posse followed eight miles northeast of England. Two convicts surrendered after the firefight.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Lou Smith
Ouachita County
J. D. Brown
Pike County
Heeshel Chaney
Howard County
Everett Wackerly
Franklin County
Smith
Jones
Wackerley
Bank Safe Stolen in Maiden North Carolina Robbery
Robbers broke the Maiden bank early today and stole the safe with about 4000 dollars in cash and bonds plus other securities valued between 10000 and 15000 dollars. Police said the thieves shattered the front door plate glass unlocked the night latch and tore the clock off the time vault then loaded the safe onto a truck.
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N. C
Tennessee Primary Voting Opens Amid Historic Turnout
In Nashville and across Tennessee on August 4, voters from urban centers to rural counties cast Democratic and Republican ballots for governor, railroad commissioner, Congress, and state legislature. Reports mention long lines, irregularities claimed by Dr. L C Johnson against Crump officials, and a fierce sheriff race with 16 hopefuls. Early turnout is heavy in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and other cities, with protests over alleged ballot marking for Black voters in certain wards. The main gubernatorial contenders include McAlister, Campbell, and Pope, amid a tense partisan atmosphere and weather by sunshine and heat.
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Nashville
Congress
Memphis
L. C. Johnson
Malcolm K. ‘Patterson
Crump
E. H. Crump
Democratic Organization
Shelby County
Hill McAlister
Rolfus Campbell
Lewis S. Pope
McAlister
Johnson
Ilo
Knoxville
W. B. Bateher
Knox County Election Commission
Chattanooga
Hamilton County
Kingsport
Sabethton
Kings A
Carter County
O. B. Lovette
B. Carroll Reece
Bristol
Bristo
Jackson
Madison County
Sam Wilson
Patterson
K. K. Quiggens
Lewis S. ‘Pope
Malcolm R. Patterson
Circuit
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E.F. Croups
Genus
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eddie McGloskey
California
Kansas City
Snd
Pilgarmen
Hawkins County
Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harets
Lee
Guy Held
Guy Brothers
George H. Campbell
F. Barton
Sheriff Barton
Hawsings County
Indiana National Guard
Recluse
Kevths Miller
Haden Clarke
Kingport
Rush
Fee
National Socialist Workers’ Party
Holland
Berliner Tageblatt
I Reichstag
Alfred Hugenberg
Lokal Anzeiger
von Hindenburg
N. Y. City
Case
Arkansas
Campbell, McAlister, Patterson
Pope
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